Hitmen Top Ice Holez-BlackBears Bite Preds

A battle at the top of the IRON league saw the Hitmen knock out the IceHolez 6-5 in a fiercely close contest that was also a penalty free affair (which is always nice.) The teams battled it out exchanging goals throughout marked by an IceHolez three goals in 41 seconds to close out the second period and bring the game even at 5. But Hitmen netminder Rob Ibriaco closed the door despite dealing with flu like symptoms and Scott Palfreyman netted the gamewinner and third goal of the evening with 2:32 remaining.

So the Hitmen jump ahead of the Iceholez in the standings-tied for first with the IceDevils who were idle on Tuesday.

The Black Bears played the Preds in the 2nd game of the evening-their first of three meetings for the remaining schedule. The Predators scored late in the first to tie the game at one but promptly let the Black Bears score with 32 seconds remaining in the period. A goal in each of the remaining periods vaulted the Black Bears to a 4-1 victory in a matchup of Iron and Federal League teams.

Shamrocks trip up Ice Holez, Hitmen defeat Black Bears

Sunday at the AIAHL provided fans two close Iron v Federal league games including one upset. The Federal League's Shamrocks provided the surprise of the evening ,defeating the Iron League leaders, the Ice Holez, by a 4-2 score. The Shamrocks brought their A-game and full lineup in an attempt to give the Ice Holez fits. The balanced attack worked as the Shamrocks claimed the victory with goals coming from Patrick Sinclair, Mike Lombardi, Roger Gregor and Dominick Yannetta.

The late game featured two goals by Mark Simone of the Hitmen in his team's 3-1 win over the pesky Black Bears. The game had 5 penalties divided 3-2 between the two squads but the officials still took their share of ribbing from each squad for playing favorites to the opposing team. Its funny how perspective is in the eyes of the beholder. Which is good for the officials because according to the players-they had their eyes shut most of the evening!! All in good fun!

Ice Devils 6 Goal Second Period Too Much for Buzzards

During their first contest back in mid December, The Buzzards gave the Ice Devils all they could handle, eventually falling by a 4-2 score.

Thursday's matchup was not as close as the Ice Devils scored 6 goals in the second period including 5 in a 3min and 17 second span erasing an early 2-1 Buzzard lead.

Nick Dunn had a hatrick for the Ice Devils while Merritt Reid provided both Buzzard goals.

Buffales Give Preds Test

Try as they may the Buffaloes can't a way to win their first game of the season. They came into the game vs the Predators on Tuesday ready for battle but eventually fell by a 4-1 score. The Buffaloes managed to leave the first period down only by a 1-0 score against a highly skilled Predator squad. But two goals in a minute and 1 second in the second gave the Preds all the cushion they needed. Chris Brunialli got the Buffaloes on the scoreboard in the third ruining Predators goalie Matt Miller's clean sheet.

The Preds faced the first place Ice Holez in their next constes while the Buffaloes face the pesky Black Bears.

Plenty of good seats still available.

Snow Out and SuperBowl Reschedule Dates

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The reschedule dates for the snow out games and the SuperBowl are as follows.

The 2/1 games will now be played on Tuesday 3/15 as follows:
3/15 @9:15 Ice Devils v Shamrocks
3/15 @10:45 Hitmen v Buffaloes

The 2/6 games will now be played on Sunday 3/13 as follows:
3/13 @9:00 Predators v Black Bears
3/13 @ 10:30 Ice Holez v Buzzards

Games On Feb 6 To Be Rescheduled

Oops! I'm thinking there might be something else you guys want to do on Sunday February 6th so I am going to reschedule those games for later in the season. (me personally-I'd rather play hockey, but that's me!)

Sorry for the confusion and have fun watching the game!